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Eight Essential Things As you prepare for the holidays and attend various social obligations, you may find yourself spread a little thin! Read the following article for eight essential things to keep you healthy through the holiday season.

Today, November 18, is the 35th annual Great American Smokeout. The American Cancer Society urges smokers to use today as a date to make a plan to quit smoking. If you are a smoker, you can take today to plan an important step towards being healthier. Quitting smoking can reduce your cancer risk dramatically, take some time out of your schedule today to plan to quit. The key to giving up smoking is motivation. What motivates you?

Thanksgiving is next week and wherever you find yourself on this holiday, may you have an abundance of things to be thankful for. I hope that you are able to enjoy time with your family and friends. We often spread ourselves too thin, finding ourselves over committed especially during the holiday season, this newsletter has a special article that focuses on stress and how to manage it. The last article in this newsletter is a Raw Foods Apple Pie recipe, which you can introduce to your family members this holiday season as a healthy way to indulge!

As a Naturopathic Doctor, I spend a significant amount of time educating my patients on a healthy diet. This often means that their favorite foods get a slight makeover to make a healthier alternative. Striving to be healthy means having an open mind to try something new – try a new recipe this week!

Menopause is the cessation of menses occurring as a natural result of aging or as a result of surgical removal of the ovaries and consequentially in a decrease in estrogen, progesterone and testosterone production in a woman’s body. Menopause is also a process that occurs naturally as a woman begins to leave the childbearing years and moves into a time period of full female maturity. Many people believe menopause occurs in one month, the truth is there is a process involved in the transition or “the Change”.

Farmers’ Markets are a great way to shop for fresh produce and baked goods while supporting local farmers and the local economy. There are several organizers of Farmers’ Markets. I have compiled a list of local Farmers’ Markets, if you don’t see your city listed here, please visit the links below to find a Farmers’ Market close to you. Farmers’ Markets make it easy to eat healthy on a budget, in fact if you go there as it close to closing time, you’ll walk away with really great bargains. The organizers often have a booth with a newsletter that includes healthy recipes for you to try out.

Summer is winding down and this week has finally given us a taste of summer weather here in the Bay Area. Summer adventures often require us to pull out the good old first aid kit, this newsletter talks about what you should be sure to include in your first aid kit.

As summer comes to a close and children head back to school, we settle back into our routines. That is, until Halloween hits, Halloween starts the sugar heavy holidays of the fall/winter season. Establishing healthy habits right now can keep your body healthy through the fall and winter seasons. I recommend my patients do a cleanse twice year.

Today as I was leaving for work, my aloe plant caught my eye. I couldn’t remember the last time I had watered it. For such a low maintenance plant, it has a lot of healing properties. Aloe plants don’t require a lot of water and should be planted in a pot or restricted area, because it does spread and will take over any given area. Here are some easy ways to use aloe.

This newsletter is dedicated to the largest organ in the human body – SKIN! Since it is summer, we tend to show a little more skin; here are some tips to help you keep your skin healthy. If you haven’t been to the website lately, be sure to take a look – its been re-done with a blog, so check back often to read the latest posts!